Lufthansa pilots are to stage new walkout
Pilots at German flag carrier Lufthansa have declared a plan to stage a one-day strike over an ongoing retirement dispute.
The walkout planned for Wednesday will affect Lufthansa short- and mid-range flights, German pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit, which represents some 5,400 Lufthansa pilots, said late on Monday.
Lufthansa’s budget subsidiaries, Germanwings and Eurowings, as well as its long-range flights will not be disrupted by the work stoppage, the union added.
Alternative flights will be offered to most of the passengers affected by the strike.
The walkout is the latest in a series of strikes during the union’s long-standing dispute with the airline. A new round of talks between the two sides is set to be held on Tuesday.
The union is demanding the carrier to allow pilots to choose early retirement at 55 on partial pay. The airline, however, wants all fit pilots to keep flying until 65.
Lufthansa, which faces tough competition from European budget airlines and major Persian Gulf carriers, wants to cut costs and restructure its business.
Back in February, pilots at Germanwings also went on strike over management plans to change the pilots’ transitional pension arrangements.
In April 2014, the biggest strike in Germany’s history caused 90 percent of Lufthansa flights to be cancelled. The German airline estimated its losses from the three-day walkout to be standing at tens of millions of dollars.
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